Todays digital kids

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Todays digital kids

• think of information and communications
  technology (ICT) as something akin to oxygen
  they expect it, its what they breathe, and its
  how they live. They use ICT to meet, play, date,
  and learn. Its is an integral part of their
  social life its how they acknowledge each other
  and form their personal identities.
• John Seely-Brown, 2004

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• 'Adults and children, whether we like it or not,
  are destined to have a presence on the Web in
  years to come. The sooner they are prepared for
  that eventuality, the better. Blogging offers
  students a real context in which these crucial
  life-skills can be developed.'
• Mike Roberts, 2001

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What are blogs?

• Blogs are fully-functional websites that can be
  created and updated from any Internet browser.
• Blogs are websites made simple.
• Subversion incorporated.
• No guru required!

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Another definition

• Blogs are a tool to help teachers and students
  apply the principles of good teaching and
  learning in a 21st century context
• Le blog est un outil pour aider les enseignants
  et les etudiants a appliquer les principes de
  bien enseigner et apprendre au 21eme siecle.

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Enter stage left the creative teacher.

• As teachers, we have a duty to be creative and
  innovative in the classroom. Of course every
  lesson is not characterised by invention. We are
  busy people, doing our best not to drown in a sea
  of top-down prescription, proscription and
  conscription. Often our ideas are derived from
  other sources such as schemes of works, textbooks
  or from our tried-and-tested materials gathered
  over the years. There is nothing wrong with that
  if it is coupled with an occasional foray, when
  we can, into avenues of fresh ideas, approaches
  and invention.

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Why blogs?

• Real purpose
• Real audience
• Real responsibility
• Real collaboration
• Real student experts

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Software fading into the background

• Specifically designed
• Stripped down
• Secure
• Simple implementation
• Moderation
• Commenting
• Statistics

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Role of the teacher

• Building community
• Modelling and encouraging
• Not overpowering
• DJ analogy

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• The fates guide those who go willingly those who
  do not, they drag.
• Seneca